National Historic Landmark · National Historical Park · Pecos, New Mexico

Pecos National Monument

National Historical Park of the United States in Pecos, New Mexico. Built 1965. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1965Listed 19666 contributing buildings
2013 - After the June Hail Storm, Pecos National Historic Park - panoramioA bread maker bakes using an horno (mud-built adobe outdoor oven) (41b2ec9c-1dd8-b71b-0b7d-d9688fac8f7c)A double rainbow over the Mission Church (3d03950f-1dd8-b71b-0b3e-682691e19789)A fire blazes inside an horno (41b575d6-1dd8-b71b-0b80-784b58dacd06)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Pecos National Historical Park

Pecos National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in San Miguel County, New Mexico. The park, operated by the National Park Service, encompasses thousands of acres of landscape infused with historical elements from prehistoric archaeological ruins to 19th-century ranches, to a battlefield of the American Civil War. Its largest single feature is Pecos Pueblo also known as Cicuye Pueblo, a Native American community abandoned in historic times. First a state monument in 1935, it was made Pecos National Monument in 1965, and greatly enlarged and renamed in 1990. Two sites within the park, the pueblo and the Glorieta Pass Battlefield, are National Historic Landmarks.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressS of Pecos on NM 63, Pecos vicinity, NM
CountySan Miguel County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000485
Built1965
Type of placeNational Historical Park
Visitors per year59,700
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
Contributing resources6 buildings, 7 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressS of Pecos on NM 63, Pecos, NM
Websitenps.gov/peco/index.htm ↗
Coordinates35.54979, -105.68926 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPecos National Historical Park · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyField Tract Campground 9 mi · Links Tract Campground 14 mi · Holy Ghost Group Area 16 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000485. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.